Thieves snag 7,000 Wiis from SeaTac warehouse

The King County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after thieves stole about 7,000 Nintendo Wii gaming consoles from a SeaTac warehouse.

Investigators hope the public’s help might identify the thieves, who stole the consoles from Seattle Air Cargo, located in 19100 block of Des Moines Memorial Drive.

Employees there said the theft occurred sometime between 9 p.m. Saturday and noon on Sunday, Sgt. Cindi West said in a statement.

The suspects used forklifts on the premises to load up two 53-foot-long trailers and a box van with at least 64 pallets of Wii game consoles, West said.

Detectives believe the suspects drove two tractor trucks to the warehouse and used forklifts inside to load up the trailers and box van with the pallets of Wii games. Detectives estimate the value of property stolen including the vehicles is over $2 million.

Both trailers are white in color and have the name “McKinney” on the side. One trailer has a California license plate number 4HB3365 with a trailer number 533457. The second has California license plate number 4EA5521 with trailer number 531841.

The box van is a large International van with Seattle Air Cargo written on the doors; Seattle Air Cargo is not written on the side of the box, only the doors. The box van has Washington license plate number B40622K.

Anyone with information may call the King County Sheriff’s Office at 206-296-3311 or 911 if you see any of the vehicles.